Lina this time. She's not sick, but she has an open cut or sore of some kind on her leg, right where she had her surgery last December. I noticed her worrying at it last night, put some topical antibiotic on it, then took her in to St. Francis this morning. The doctor (not Dr. Lindeke, someone else, who was very nice) said that the cut isn't bad in itself, didn't need stitches, but she's a little concerned about why the area of the incision opened up like that. She said maybe there was a suture in there that just decided it needed to come out or something.
So we have to give Lina an antibiotic capsule three times a day (no problem, she loves pill pockets), wash the wound three times a day, and apply the topical antibiotic at the end of every day. If it hasn't healed up in ten days we have to take her back. The only really bad part is that she's not supposed to lick it, ever. Most of the time she's good about leaving it alone when I tell her to, but there are times when I'm scolding her constantly to stop licking. I feel bad about it, but the alternative is an E-collar. Which would make Lina absolutely miserable. Me too, from having to deal with her misery. Having to watch her all the time doesn't seem so bad in comparison.
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Forgot to mention the good news from the trip to the vet: they said Lina has lost some weight and is looking very fit. She's been getting a lot more exercise because they hang out with me while I'm gardening. Lina always wants to go back inside, so if I make any movement towards the house she runs all the way back to the door and stands there looking at me expectantly. Then when she figures out I'm not going inside, she runs all the way back down to be with me.
Unfortunately Thirteen just goes outside and sits down, so she hasn't been getting much more exercise, and she's still gaining. In fact they weigh the same now. I'm going to start encouraging Thirteen to follow me around too, calling her to come to me, in hopes of getting her more active.